https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cfdf428b7a8a281a87467788772cb51d1fab87a8/0_79_2907_1744/master/2907.jpg?w=1920&q=55&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&s=91c5855ee68f5352c6172d6463ad135e Viola Davis leads mission to bring diversity to Hollywood How to Get Away with Murder actress Viola Davis has recently spoken on the inclusion of diversity in Hollywood. While successful works celebrating diversity have achieved much success, representation of race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability have remained about the same for the past 10 years. Davis said, “The reason diversity is still an issue is that everyone is not ‘put to task’...If a writer, director, cinematographer, actor of colour is out there, they have the talent but haven’t had the opportunities. So, when the studios start putting together their movies, they go for who they know, who they’ve worked with … the hottest, buzziest, the one with the résumé … and most of them are white.”
Viola Davis leads mission to bring diversity to Hollywood
How to Get Away with Murder actress Viola Davis has recently spoken on the inclusion of diversity in Hollywood. While successful works celebrating diversity have achieved much success, representation of race, gender, sexual orientation, and disability have remained about the same for the past 10 years. Davis said, “The reason diversity is still an issue is that everyone is not ‘put to task’...If a writer, director, cinematographer, actor of colour is out there, they have the talent but haven’t had the opportunities. So, when the studios start putting together their movies, they go for who they know, who they’ve worked with … the hottest, buzziest, the one with the résumé … and most of them are white.”